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Author Groom, Winston, 1944-2020 author.

Title The aviators : Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the epic age of flight / Winston Groom.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2013]

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  629.13 GROOM    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  629.13 GROOM    DUE 05-04-24
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  629.1309 G899    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  629.1309 GROOM    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  629.1309 GRO    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  629.13 GRO    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  629.1309 GRO    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  629.13 GRO    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  629.13 GRO    Check Shelf
 Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Adult Department  629.1309 GROOM    Check Shelf

Description 464 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Summary Explores "the saga of three extraordinary aviators--Charles Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker, and Jimmy Doolittle--and how they redefine heroism through their genius, daring, and uncommon courage"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 452-455) and index.
Contents These three men -- The king of dirt -- The man with the outside loop -- Can those be stars? -- Air combat is not sport, it is scientific murder -- New York to Paris -- Man's greatest enemy in the air -- I was saved for some good purpose -- An inspiration in a grubby world -- His halo turned into a noose -- The raid -- We were slowly rotting away -- The lone eagle goes to war -- Masters of the sky.
Subject Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973.
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993.
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974.
Air pilots -- United States -- Biography.
Air pilots, Military -- United States -- Biography.
Heroes -- United States -- Biography.
Adventure and adventurers -- United States -- Biography.
Aeronautics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Aeronautics, Military -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- History, Military -- 20th century.
ISBN 9781426211560 hardback
1426211562 hardback
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